Car bomb kills at least 13 in Somali capital

Published : Tuesday, 14 March, 2017 at 12:00 AM Count : 244

MOGADISHU, Mar 13 : A car bomb near a hotel on a busy street in the Somali capital killed at least 13 people on Monday, police and the emergency medical services said, hours after a man was killed by a blast as he tried to ram through a checkpoint.Police said the blast damaged a house on Maka al Mukaram street but did not destroy its target, the Wehliye Hotel."We have carried 13 dead people and 14 others are injured. The death toll may rise further," Abdikadir Abdirahman, director of aid-funded Aamin Ambulance services, said. ?REUTERS